Appeal to the Justice of Peace

The offender, or other person required to pay the penalty, may appeal to the Justice of Peace competent for the place of the infringement within 30 days of the dispute or notification of the fine.

The appeal may be delivered at the Registry of the Judge, by the claimant or his delegate, or sent by registered mail A/R. Some Registry are also entitled to submit the appeal electronically.

If the payment of the penalty has already been made to a reduced amount, it is not possible to appeal. The payment involves the acceptance of the fine and is therefore alternative to the presentation of the appeal.
Please Note - The appeal to the Justice of Peace is inadmissible if it has been previously presented to the Prefect.

The appeal to the Justice of the Peace is proposed according to the established methods and procedure by art. 22 and 23 of L. 24 November 1981 n. 689, without prejudice to the waivers provided by art. 204 bis D.lgs 30 April 1992 n. 285.

Competent Justices of Peace

The Justice of Peace of Pisa is competent for:
(a) fines for speeding detected in the municipalities of Cascina, Crespina and Pisa;
(b) fines for failure or delay in communicating the driver.

The San Miniato Justice of Peace is competent for the fines for speeding detected in the municipalities of Montopoli in Val d'Arno and San Miniato.
The appeal can be submitted on the web by clicking on this link and selecting the competent Office.

Unified contribution

In order to appeal to the Justice of the Peace it is necessary to pay the unified contribution accompanied by a €27 tax stamp. Payment can be made at:

post offices using the appropriate postal money order;
banks using model F23;
authorized tobacconists.

The amount of the unified contribution depends on the amount of the penalty. For fines until €1.100 the contribution is € 43; for those of the amount between €1,100 and €5,200 is €98.

For further details on the procedures and time limits for present the appeal and other information, please contact the Registry concerned directly.

What the Justice of Peace is allowed to decide

The Justice of the Peace orders the authority which issued the contested provision to deposit at the Registry, 10 days before the hearing, the verification documents and notification of the infringement, so as to be able to dispose of the necessary elements for the decision.

The parties can introduce themselves in person, without lawyers.

The Judge can:

declare the appeal inadmissible, for example if it is presented after the deadline or there is territorial incompetence;
Uphold the applicant’s objection by annulling all or part of the penalty;
validate the sanction if the claimant does not appear at the hearing without valid reason (unless the unlawfulness of the fine is apparent from the documents annexed by the claimant);
reject the appeal by imposing on the claimant a penalty of amount between the minimum and the maximum established by law for the infringement.

In the event of rejection, payment must be made within 30 days from the notification of the judgment.

NOTES

The judgment of the Justice of the Peace can be appealed in Court.